Learning to Say Yes to Krishna

Individual choice and surrendering to Krishna

0:01Prabhupāda: ...Arjuna said "Yes." In the beginning he said "No," then after learning Bhagavad-gītā he said "Yes." So we have to learn to say "Yes" to Kṛṣṇa or His representative. Then you will be all right.

0:30If you say "No," then it is māyā. But you have got the liberty to say "Yes" or "No." [indistinct] If we say "No," then it is our misfortune. If we say "Yes," it is our fortune. Icchā-dveṣa. What is that verse?

Material dualities and the desire to enjoy

1:03Sarge yānti parantapa. You have got icchā and *dveṣa—*two things there. Icchā means either you have desire for sense gratification or you can desire to serve Kṛṣṇa. And dveṣa means averse.

1:26You may not like to serve Kṛṣṇa, or you may not like to serve māyā. BG 7.27इच्छाद्वेषसमुत्थेन द्वन्द्वमोहेन भारत ।सर्वभूतानि संमोहं सर्गे यान्ति परन्तप ॥२७॥icchā-dveṣa-samutthenadvandva-mohena bhāratasarva-bhūtāni sammohaṁsarge yānti parantapaO scion of Bharata, O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and hate.

1:45So we have come here to this material world by two propensities: icchā and dveṣa. Icchā, we wanted to enjoy this material world; and dveṣa, we try to avoid Kṛṣṇa. You see? [break]

2:13icchā-dveṣa-samutthenasarge yānti parantapa

Consequences of lacking spiritual consciousness

2:14In this way you have come to this material world. Just like this Pakistan and Hindustan, fighting. Icchā. Icchā is that "I shall enjoy this land." So they're fighting.

2:34They do not know that after all, this land does not belong to any one of us; it belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Why should we fight? Better you… Let us be satisfied with whatever Kṛṣṇa has given.

2:53But there is no Kṛṣṇa consciousness; therefore they are fighting. Otherwise, Kṛṣṇa has made everything complete. pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇam adaḥpūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate[Īśopaniṣad, Invocation] This planet is complete because it is created by Kṛṣṇa.

3:21So there cannot be any scarcity, any want. Everything is there. But we are desiring. Such simple dveṣa-samutthena. Dveṣa.

Envy and the fulfillment of desires

3:34We want to enjoy more, therefore I envy you. This is our [indistinct]. This is called material [indistinct]. And we are being carried by this different types of desire, and we are getting different types of bodies.

4:02Kṛṣṇa is kind, Lord. Oh, whatever we desire, He supplies it: "All right." Like… But ultimately He says sarva-guhyatamaṁ Bg. 18.64: "The most confidential part of knowledge I have given to you.

4:19Give up all this nonsense and surrender unto Me." So that is all.

Confidential knowledge of total surrender

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